first appears 21.09.1963; "Frank Carlos Gilson, a Lay Vicar Choral at Lichfield in the 1960s and 1970s was born in Stoke on Trent in 1940. There is a picture of him taking part in a school play in my latest book, 'Meir Today, Gone Tomorrow' (Churnet Valley Books pubd 2005). His appearance in a school play was a departure for him and he took to it with gusto. Frank was a very talented musician, a fine pianist, who attended Longton High School in Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke on Trent at the same time as me in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He later went to Saltley Training College but left before finishing his course to take up a place at Birmingham College of Music. After this he became a Lay Vicar Choral at Lichfield, Gaia Major in 1963. Frank also made several TV appearances with the choir. My wife and I visited him at his home in Vicars Close in the mid 1960s marvelling at how he managed to live in a residence that didn't have a single level surface throughout the entire dwelling.Something of an eccentric, Frank sadly died in July 1985, a relatively young man." [details supplied by Nicholas Cartlidge]

Hodkinson, Albert

21.12.1923

00.00.1963

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first appears 14.12.1923, b. 04.08.1899, d. 27.05.1963; "worked in the Theological College Office and who had a brother who was a lay clerk at Chester" (from Robert Green, Assistant Organist, 1960)

Mason, Samuel

30.09.1887

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from Exeter Cathedral; 08.01.1920 Dean and Chapter looking for deputy, at which time his enforced retirement is set for three months' time